Scientists discover gene mutation that causes children to be born without spleen
The spleen is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of...
View ArticleHow to create useful knowledge from pure data
Imagine a hospital where patient data from numerous sources is made accessible to ward physicians with the help of hyperlinks and intelligent indexing. Imagine a healthcare system that hands its...
View ArticleShort-term antidepressant use, stress, high-fat diet linked to long-term...
Short-term use of antidepressants, combined with stress and a high-fat diet, is associated with long-term increases in body weight, a new animal study finds. The results were presented Sunday at The...
View ArticleStudy tracks risk of VL exposure in Brazil's urban areas
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe chronic systemic disease caused by the protozoa (Leishmania infantum) in South America, the Mediterranean, southwest and central Asia. These parasites lodges in...
View ArticleFDA approves new drug for rare genetic disease
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new capsule-based drug to treat Gaucher's disease.
View ArticlePregnant sheep considered in pre-term birth study
Scientists are a step closer to understanding how bacterial infections in pregnant women lead to pre-term births—the main cause of neonatal death and disease in Australia.
View ArticleTeam identifies emergency response system for blood formation
Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have determined how the body responds during times of emergency when it needs more blood cells. In a study...
View ArticleSplenomegaly ups thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia
(HealthDay)—In patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET), baseline splenomegaly is associated with increased risk of thrombosis, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in the American Journal...
View ArticleItaly swaps spleen for kidney in world first
A hospital in northern Italy said Wednesday it had achieved a world first by successfully transplanting a kidney in the place of the spleen in a six-year-old girl.
View ArticleNeural crest cells contribute an astrocyte-like glial population to the spleen
Neural crest cells (NCC) are multi-potent cells of ectodermal origin that colonize diverse organs, including the gastrointestinal tract to form the enteric nervous system (ENS) and hematopoietic organs...
View ArticleResearchers unlock clues to how cells move through the body
During its 120-day cycle the circulatory system transports red blood cells and nutrients throughout the human body. This system helps keep the body in balance and fight against infections and diseases...
View ArticleSeven body organs you can live without
The human body is incredibly resilient. When you donate a pint of blood, you lose about 3.5 trillion red blood cells, but your body quickly replaces them. You can even lose large chunks of vital organs...
View ArticleNew technique reduces side-effects, improves delivery of chemotherapy nanodrugs
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new method for delivering chemotherapy nanodrugs that increases the drugs' bioavailability and reduces side-effects.
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